Rigveda 1.151.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 151 · Verse 1.151.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मि॒त्रं न यं शिम्या॒ गोषु॑ ग॒व्यवः॑ स्वा॒ध्यो॑ वि॒दथे॑ अ॒प्सु जीज॑नन् । अरे॑जेतां॒ रोद॑सी॒ पाज॑सा गि॒रा प्रति॑ प्रि॒यं य॑ज॒तं ज॒नुषा॒मवः॑
mitraṃ na yaṃ śimyā goṣu gavyavaḥ svādhyo vidathe apsu jījanan arejetāṃ rodasī pājasā girā prati priyaṃ yajataṃ januṣāmavaḥ
Friend, whom I praise among cows, the herd attends your sacred learning; they have lived in waters, O singers, bring forth speech that pleases the people with offerings.
Heaven and earth have been terrified by the strength and the noise (of him), whom pious worshippers, desirous of acquiring cattle, have genitive rated by their (sacred) acts, amidst the waters (of the firmament), at the sacrifice, as a friend for the preservation of living beings, the benefactor (of man), and entitled to adoration.
HEAVEN and earth trembled at the might and voice of him, whom, loved and Holy One, helper of all mankind, The wise who longed for spoil in fight for kine brought forth with power, a Friend, mid waters, at the sacrifice.